University of Dayton Assistant Professor of Environmental History Daniel Vandersommers is using animal history to examine a storied American institution in his new book, Entangled Encounters at the ...

While nonhuman animals (animals) have played a large role in many aspects of human history, most traditional historical works either give them passing coverage or ignore them totally. 1 That is among ...

History holds countless moments where animals unexpectedly changed everything, often in ways that still surprise us today. Some of these moments involved unlikely participants whose contributions ...

Here’s what to know about the history of Beijing and Washington, D.C.’s panda partnership and other forms of animal diplomacy. FILE – Yun Zi, left, the five-month-old panda cub plays in one of the ...